Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-13
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Fashion Notes.
The best dressed women wear small
bustles.
Black lace dresses bid fair to never go
out of vogue.
Among new dress goods are crinkled
woOlens resembling crepe.
Wells are mere masks and should be put
on before the bonnet Is dOnned.
Apron draperies, both long and short,
appear upon many of the new spring dress
es.
Knots of platinum and gold heavily
chased are liked for linked sleeve but
tons.
Lace fichus and plastrons are meeting
with all of their Old-time popularity as
accessories to dressy toilets.
The old fashion of having the inside
corsage of dresses of thin materials low
necked is likely to be revived.
Bows of velvet ribbon in some distinct
color from the dress are knotted on the
shoulders in butterfly bows with pretty
effect.
A new surah known as surah An
toinette, with heavy diagonal lines. will
be used in the spring for light mourning
costumes.
Black braiding on white cloth vests and
panels is not new, but is still worn,
generally upon house dresses tor those in
mourning.
Ladies beginning to lay aside mourning
wear gray cashmere combined with white
corded silk and trimmed with steel pas
sementerle.
White petticoats are scarcely worn at
all now except for ball toilets. but there
are charming little pettcoats of quilted
and embroidered silk in colors.
Ruches of black lisse and Grape are
favored for use with mourning costumes,
just as cOlored ruches are preferred to
white by those wearing colOrs.
very becoming style of jacket is of
black Lyons velvet. The fronts are
dOuble-breasted, with two rows of but
tons; the back is perfectly tight-ftting, a
little open at the basque.
Young ladies' frequently wear the
corselet OF velvet or faile, open in front
over plastron OF tulle, gauze or Grape,
which comes up veEv nearly to the throat,
and is finished with lace and ribbon.
Silk pompons appear cOnspicuouslv
among the fancy trimmings of the present
season. They are used at the ends of
sashes, bonnet strings, etc., and are even
used as trimmings for waists and sleeves.
Black satin gowns of exceedingly rich
quality are decorated with silver passe-
menterIes and pendant ornaments, and
made UP in the new severely sim pie style,
with full undraped skirts and pointed
corsages.
The low coil of small braids at the back
is now seen, not only with round hats but
with the bonnet. This coil is made very
large and is allowed to project from the
head, instead Of lying fiat as when first
Introduced.
A novel corsage, which is of French
origin, and likely to obtain favor in the
spring. has the upper part made OF velvet
or plush, with Sanvaroff sleeves, giving
the appearance OF small cape TO the top
of the corsage, both back front.
Old-sllver jewels OF exquisite workman
ship are all the rage just now in Paris.
There are bracelets, brooches, clasps for
nantes and jackets, watch-cbains and
beautiful chatelaines, with three or i've
chains, and an ornamental book.
New white wool camels' hair, albatross
and imperial serge fabrics, for dressy
spring gowns, will be trimmed with heavy
watered ribbon, one and a quarter inches
wide. This will be placed In rows upon
the overdress, both front and back.
Velvet bretelles, with straps across the
front, worn over full gathered white
plastron, with collars and cuffs Of the
velvet, Will DC USED WIN some oil the new
! Bingham dresses. Feather-stitched
guiDpes ana sleeves with feather-stitched
! wristbands, and sailor collars with cross
| striped inside shirt blossoms, will be re-
vived for the coming season.
For best dresses for spring iaille
Franchise and other handsome corded
silks. such as bengaline, Sicilienne, etc.,
will be used in combination with gay
striped velvets on satin grounds, finely
plaided surahs in Roman colors, ricn
LYONS satins in monochrome, and costly
SILK cord passementeries in arabesque,
palm, scroll, Russian and old Flemish
designs.
Gloves worn with ball dresses are not
quite as long as they nave been; they now
terminate below the elbow, while last
winter they extended above 10. The most
favored color for undressed kid gloves Is
light pink, OF flesh tint. All light shades
are worn, however. For dem-toilettes
the light shades Of putty continue in
vogue. as they correspond with dresses OF
all colors.
Ribbon is used in as great profusiOn as
galloon and lace. Whole panels on skirts
are covered with small ribbon bows.
Bows with long ends terminate with tags
OF beads or OF light pas5ementerie work.
When wide ribbon Is taken around q
pointed waist it is tied on the side in
several loops with long ends. Very wide
ribbon is usually OF faile, while the
narrow BOWS are preferred when OF satin
or OF MORE.
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